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Distribution of (CGG)n and FMR-1 associated microsatellite alleles in a normal Chilean population

✍ Scribed by Jara, Lilian; Aspillaga, Manuel; Avenda�o, Isabel; Obreque, Victor; Blanco, Rafael; Valenzuela, Carlos Y.

Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
Year: 1998
Tongue: English
Weight: 39 KB
Volume: 75
Category: Article
ISSN: 0148-7299
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1096-8628(19980123)75:3<277::aid-ajmg10>3.0.co;2-m

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✦ Synopsis

We report on the allele distribution in a normal Chilean population at 2 microsatellite loci neighbouring the FRAXA locus and at the CGG repeat in the 5 end of the FMR-1 gene, which causes the fragile X syndrome. The most common CGG repeat allele was 30 (41.7%), with 29 being second most common (30.2%). This distribution was similar from that seen in Caucasians but different from that observed in Chinese controls, where the most common allele was 29 repeats. Four alleles of FRAXAC1 and 6 of DXS548 were observed in the Chilean sample. A striking linkage disequilibrium of FMR-1 alleles with FRAXAC1 alleles was observed. In 90% of the 30 CGG repeat alleles only 31% of the 29 CGG repeat alleles had the FRAXAC1 154 bp allele. This result is in agreement with the suggestion that slippage between CGG repeat alleles 29 and 30 and between 152 and 154 FRAXAC1 alleles is very rare. This study suggests a founder chromosome effect in the Chilean population. Am.

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